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Originally Posted by GioforPM
^ he was forced into that distribution because Tanev had to play with Kylington. I just dislike playing top players less. I think that especially is a misuse of Weegar.
Have a look at ice times when Gio was on the team with Tanev. I suspect the top 4 were more heavily weighted.
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Sutter Coached the final 30 games in 20-21 and really it's tough to compare because he mixed the pairings up a lot more.
6 pairings played over 100 minutes down the stretch - no pairing averaged more than 11 minutes per game (Tanev-Hanifin at 10:58 per game).
Sutter really didn't trust any of Nesterov, Stone, or Valimaki down the stretch that year IMO and was mixing up pairings to try to protect them.